Display-rack.



Patented A r. 16, 1912 A. E. MILLER.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1911.

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Wren srarns earn ANDREW r. MILLER, or sanrmonn, MARYLAND, assrcnon. o SOLOMON nmnnn, or

carton.

BALTIMOM MARYLAND.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed September 21, 1911. Serial No. ceases.

' subject of the King-of Great Britain, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in display racks for garments and the like.

, In the present construction of the cases in which garment racks are usuallyretained, it is common to mount the doors which close the caseso as to swing outwardly from the latter. This usually requires considerable floor space and one of'the objects of the present invention is to provide means for so mounting the doors as to effect an economy.

of such floor space. It is also frequently the case that considerable space .is available in the upper part of the case above the display rack. I

A further object of the present invention is to utilize this space to receive the door when the case is open.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a display case, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating a portion of the door mechanism; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of one of the vertical guides, and its adjuncts.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designatesa case of any suitable or preferred construction, the form illustrated com rising a base 11 provided with drawers, a ove which is located the floor 12 of the display case. Lo-

cated in said case is a display rack 13 of any suitable or preferred type adapted to be reciprocated back and forth in the case and to be rotated for the purpose of displaying the garments supported thereby. At each end of the case near the top thereof is secured a track or guide 15, preferably a U- shaped angle iron and at the front of the case each of the tracks or guides is intersected by a similar guide 16 arranged vertica'lly. Mounted in the guides 16 is a plum ger 17 which is normally held in an upward position by a spring 18, the upward movement of said plunger being limited by astop 19. The door 20 is provided with rollers 21, 22, the roller 21 being adapted to contact with the plunger 17. The spring 1.8

possesses suilicient power to counterbalance the weight of the door 29 when the latter is in the closed position. When it is desired to open the door the same is swung forward from its lower edge, whereupon the rollers 22 will move backwardly in the guides 15 and the roller 21 and plungers 17 will move upwardly until said roller 21 is in alinement with the guide, at which time the overhanging portion of the door 20 willbe supported by the spring 18 and said overhanging portion will act as a canopy to protect the garments when the rack 13 is in the forward position. To close the door it is only necessary to reverse the foregoing operation. Mounted in opposite sides of the case 10 are levers 25, (but one lever being shown) the lower ends of which are connected with the carriage 26 of rack 13. The upper end of each lever is connected. to the inner end of the door 20 by a link 27 provided with a slot 27 receiving a pin in door 20. By-meansof this arrangement, as the door 20 reaches the rearward limit of its movement the'carriage is caused to move 1. The combination with a case provided at each end with angular guides, a door provided with rollers adapted to engage said guides, and a spring pressed plunger mounted in one branch of each guide and adapted,

to engage said door.

2. The combination with a case, of horizontal guides at each end thereof, vertical guides intersecting the first mentioned guides, a door provided'with up er and lower rollers adapted to engage sal guides, and counterbalancing means carried by the vertical guides and engaging the lower rollers for counterbalancing said door.

3. The combination with a case provided at each end with angular guides, a door provided with rollers adapted to engage said guides, a spring pressed plunger mounted 1n one branch of each guide and adapted "vertical guides carried by said case, a door constructed to engage said guides, and means actuated by the door for reciprocating said rack, said door actuated means'loe,v

ing constructed to permit 1imitedmovement of the door along said horizontal guides before imparting movement to the rack. 5. The combination with a case, and a re ciprocable garment supporting rack mounted therein, of intersecting horizontal and vertical guides carried by said case, a door constructed to engage said guides, levers pivotally mounted in said case for reciprocating said rack, and slotted'links connecting 20 said levers with the upper end of said door,

said links being approximately parallel with said horizontal guides.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of. two subscribing 25 witnesses.

ANDREW E. MILLER. Witnesses:-

WDL S. Honons Cnms. E. RIORDON. 

